U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 02, 2026
§ 316.
Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate

There shall be in the Coast Guard a Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate who is a judge advocate in a grade of O-6. The Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate shall be assigned to the staff of the Commandant in the first regularly scheduled O-6 officer assignment panel to convene following the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 and perform such duties relating to legal matters arising in the Coast Guard as such legal matters relate to the Commandant, as may be assigned.

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(e)(6), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1679.)
cite as: 14 USC 316